Sheep feed parity in Turkey

Basri Shepherd, President of the Kangal Chamber of Agriculture, stated that the small cattle producers who had difficulties after the Eid al-Adha had a difficult time and said, “The livestock of the small livestock producer is not worth the money. Due to feed costs, he cannot buy feed for his animal. In previous years, he could sell 1 sheep and buy 1 ton of barley, but now he has to sell 5 sheep to buy 1 ton of barley. Our producers are seeking to withdraw from the industry by eliminating the herd. Mistakes in price policies and not taking precautions by calling it cheap meat also negatively affected the producer. Expressing that the producers were disappointed with the cheap barley announced by the TMO regarding feed, Chairman Çoban said, “If export was allowed on time, our producer would not have these problems. Our people would have been able to buy meat at a more affordable price with a stable meat policy, if it had not been called discount on meat, disconnected from the ...